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    <title>best of an almanac of words at play</title>
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    <namePart>Espy, Willard R.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Merriam-Webster, Incorporated</publisher>
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    <extent>370pages ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Literary calendars.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Willard R. Espy.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>English language-Lexicology</topic>
    <topic>Anecdotes</topic>
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    <topic>Play on words</topic>
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